Solar energy science projects are something that most university students and science
enthusiasts are very interested in and want to pursue due to the ease with which they are often built and also due to the money that could be saved if used properly and efficiently on a larger scale. On this page, I am listing many of the possible projects you could pursue and are very cheap and also easy regarding materials that are available everywhere around us.
Now, we must consider the fact that for a typical solar energy science project, selecting using this only for demonstration purposes and hence you only need a small amount rather than a large amount that would be required if you were looking for construction purposes or enough to satisfy an entire community's or a household's needs. So, one of my favorite science projects that has also won me a great deal of prizes when I was actively participating in science fairs and science competitions was a solar cooker. Solar cookers are not only seen easy to build but are also very efficient in that one could actually cook food with them.
This can be very useful as you can cook rice and boil water with such a setup. As a result of versatility of this device and because this is available for very low prices, the demand for solar cookers is especially high in developing countries. It's also seen in many villages in Africa where the poor people are always looking for ways to save money. Therefore, most renewable energy devices including the solar cooker are used a lot in poorer countries. Now let me educate you on some other solar energy science projects you could possibly pursue and which also have a similar effect.
Many innovations and ideas are constantly being implemented in this field thus also serving as a lucrative career.
Another solar energy science project that you could pursue would have been a solar water heater. This is pretty simple to do and takes very little time to complete. Metal pipes and glass panel is all you require to build a solar water heater. Since heating costs are so high, these solar water heaters can also help in reducing that and hence saving you a lot of money. So I hope that this helped you get some interesting ideas for your solar energy science project.